Newsprint strikes settle with pay raises aiding capacity
Canadian mills end walkouts after a two year contract achieves retroactive pay rises of 2.5 percent. About 2,000 workers return to three Quebec paper mills as capacity climbs back toward 95 percent. The stoppages disrupted U.S. newspapers and forced cutbacks in page sizes and editions last summer.
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White House Lawyer Recalls Tapes Details Under Inquiry
White House lawyer Joseph Bred Bushardt testified at a Watergate hearing about tape gaps from 1972 involving President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman. He cited long hours and memory gaps as reasons for noting blank segments and discussed who first mentioned possible tape blanks.
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Alexander M. Haig Jr
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McGee Questions Woods Story On Watergate Tape
Senator Gale McGee expressed strong disbelief at Rose Mary Woods account of erasing part of a Watergate tape. The Wyoming Democrat called her explanation “the most viable straining of credibility,” remarks made in Chicago during an Israel bonds dinner.
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Gale McGee
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Rose Mary Woods
Miss Woods
Nixon
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Thompson confirmed to head Indian Affairs
Senate approves Morris Thompson as commissioner of Indian Affairs amid ongoing agency criticism and proposed reorganization. Thompson, an Alaskan, will lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs as debates over structure and authority continue within the Interior Department.
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Hijackers In Custody in the Eastern Mediterranean
Three men were reported in custody in the eastern Mediterranean in search of sanctuary. It remains unclear whether they are privateers or guests.
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Aea
Jeven
Mediterranean
Reds Shell Camp South of Hue Hit by Heavy Shelling
Saigon reports Communist forces fired 721 rockets and mortar rounds at a government position two miles south of Hue in the heaviest shelling since the ceasefire. An infantry assault followed and government troops repelled it with artillery fire. One soldier killed, eight wounded, nine missing. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese leaders not reported.
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Hue
Dollar Gains In Europe Pressures Pound Amid Volatile Markets
The dollar strengthened to about 9 years high against the pound while European currencies faltered. Traders noted record copper, tin, silver, wine, rubber and coffee in London markets as exchange rate volatility persisted.
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Toley
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